In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been defined primarily by its symptoms, rather than its underlying biology. Now, a ...

A Nature Medicine study links the activation of brain reward pathways to stronger antibody responses after hepatitis B vaccination in healthy adults.

Lung cancer tumor cells in mice communicate with the brain, sending signals to deactivate the body’s immune response, a study ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms.

A type of therapy that stimulates specific brain pathways with electromagnetic pulses combined with physical therapy ...

For years, clinicians have noticed that people living with major depression often show unexpectedly fragile bones. What ...

Scientists discovered why some neurons resist tau toxicity, identifying CRL5SOCS4 as a crucial defense and linking ...

As a neurobiologist trained in brain physiology, a fitness enthusiast and a mom, I spend hours at the local pool during the summer. It’s not unusual to see children gleefully splashing and swimming ...

An interdisciplinary multi-center research team led by the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and Faculty of Dentistry at the ...

When we learn a new skill, our brain forms new connections between the neurons. The more we do the new skill, the stronger ...

In a groundbreaking study, a New York University Langone research team believes they have honed in on the brain pathways of a genetically determined repetitive motor behavior that is linked to autism.